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01/16/2005

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Boston Tea Party
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When the Sons of Liberty dumped the newly imported tea into the harbor becuase Britain had put taxes on the imports because their East India Company was close to bankruptcy
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Enclosure Movement
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When areas of land were fenced off to create larger fields that could be cultivated more efficiently
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Industrial Revolution
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-It began in England because they had natural resources of coal and iron
-Britain also had money from their colonies, workers, a strong navy, and skilled inventors
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Marbury vs. Madison
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This case ultimately resulted in the -Supreme Court having the power to be able to declare any law passed by congress and signed by the president to be unconstitutional
-The Supreme Court then has the power to make the law constitutional
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Waterloo
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-The battle of Waterloo between Napoleon, the Duke of Wellington, and Blucher
-the British, with the help of the Prussians, defeated Napoleon's France, ending their taking over of Europe
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Stamp Act of 1765
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When the Parliament placed a tax on all official documents in the colonies
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Proclamation of 1763
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A document stating that all land west of the Appalachians were reserved for Native Americans and closed to colonial settlement
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